The return to community: Challenges to human service professionals
Journal article
Fawcett, Barbara and Hanlon, Maurice John. (2009). The return to community: Challenges to human service professionals. Journal of Sociology. 45(4), pp. 433 - 444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783309346474
Authors | Fawcett, Barbara and Hanlon, Maurice John |
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Abstract | In Australia and the United Kingdom over the past two decades, the way human service professionals have been involved in ‘communities’, whether defined by ‘place’, ‘interest’ or ‘exclusion’, has varied with the political complexion of the government in power. This has resulted in both opportunities for and constraints on human services practice and community participation. In this article, the terminology and the conceptual frames associated with work both in and with communities are critically scrutinized. However, it is also contended that spatial analysis and social entrepreneurship can enable those working in the field to respond productively to the New Public Management and ‘Third Way’ approaches that have shaped the policy context of human services practice. It is argued that a form of spatial analysis and of social entrepreneurship can be used to facilitate meaningful participation in decision-making processes in a variety of communities and to re-forge social connections at a range of levels. |
Keywords | capacity-building; community; social entrepreneurship; spatial analysis |
Year | 2009 |
Journal | Journal of Sociology |
Journal citation | 45 (4), pp. 433 - 444 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. |
ISSN | 1440-7833 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783309346474 |
Page range | 433 - 444 |
Research Group | School of Allied Health |
Place of publication | London, United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/854wq/the-return-to-community-challenges-to-human-service-professionals
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